Skills

Czech Republic

Czech Republic - Pillar I

The project BUILD UP Skills Czech Republic aims to provide training to on-site workers to successfully meet the requirements of the EPBD II, which puts high requirements for energy efficiency in buildings to the EU Member States. The BuildUpCz project has three basic stages:

The first stage is the analysis of the national status quo in the Czech Republic. The analysis covers all on-site professions involved in the construction industry, and covers all areas of energy efficiency and renewable technologies and systems appropriate for the country. It identifies barriers and differences between the current situation and the needs for 2020.

The next stage is focused on the design of the Czech Republic’s own National Roadmap. It will specifically identify areas and types of on-site workers who need more education, as well as design the system of education, design of any accreditation mechanism to ensure teachers and a proposal for funding.

The third stage involves the communication and promotional activities that will lead to widespread discussion and adoption of the proposed plan by all involved stakeholders. These activities will be conducted continuously during the analysis and solution of the National Roadmap draft, and include not only private construction sector employers and central government and public administration, but also workers in the construction sector and other trade unions, educational institutions, etc.

Database that aided the quantitative part of the evaluation of BUILD UP Skills Pillar II. The database includes the quantitative targets set by each of the projects for each of the common performance indicators and results achieved.

In all countries* involved in the BUILD UP Skills initiative, national teams were formed. Each country team first worked on a detailed analysis of the national status quo. The aim was to assess and quantify supply and demand in the building sector until 2020 and beyond, and to identify specific skills shortages by craft occupation as well as key barriers.

This analysis formed the basis for broad discussions with public and private stakeholders about gaps, future needs and priorities, leading to the elaboration and endorsement of national roadmaps of priority measures to up-skill the qualification of craftsmen, other on-site workers and system installers of buildings. The identified measures aimed at reaching the 2020 targets in the building sector.

All country teams created an open discussion platform with stakeholders.

* In a second stage, country teams implemented the roadmaps developed in their countries, by designing and piloting new qualification and training schemes and/or upgrading existing ones.